ARE WE FREE YET? Colonial powers made many victims in the past. These crimes have lingering consequences such as underdevelopment, inequality and national divides. This table shows groups of colonial empires. Countries are arranged by the sum of their most frequent score in Civil Liberties and Political Rights from 1995 till 2020. Scores go from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). Furthermore the period of colonial rule is shown in bars. Time under colonial rule is in red, while the total span of time as ruler is gray. The scales of the bars are different for each group. The data on colonialism is incomplete and was manually searched and collected from Wikipedia. The purpose of this table is not to place all the blame in Colonialism for the current tragedies in many countries, rather it is to remeber us that many past colonies still are under shackles, while many past colonizers enjoy Freedom. Freedom scores data: Freedom House and the United Nations by way of Arthur Cheib | Colonial rule data: Wikipedia | Table by: Ícaro Bernardes - @IcaroBSC
Past status	Country	Colonial Rule	Continent	Civil Liberties			Political Rights
				Oldest entry	Newest entry	Typical entry	Oldest entry	Newest entry	Typical entry
Belgium and its victims
Colonizer	Belgium		Europe	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Burundi		Africa	7	6	5	6	7	7
Colonized	Democratic Republic of the Congo		Africa	6	6	6	7	7	6
Colonized	Rwanda		Africa	6	6	6	7	6	6
France and its victims
Colonizer	France		Europe	2	2	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Canada		Americas	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Benin		Africa	2	2	2	2	4	2
Colonized	Vanuatu		Oceania	3	2	2	1	2	2
Colonized	Mali		Africa	3	5	3	2	6	2
Colonized	Senegal		Africa	5	3	3	4	3	2
Colonized	Comoros		Africa	4	4	4	4	5	3
Colonized	Madagascar		Africa	4	4	4	2	3	3
Colonized	Niger		Africa	5	4	4	3	4	3
Colonized	Burkina Faso		Africa	4	4	3	5	4	5
Colonized	Morocco		Africa	5	5	4	5	5	5
Colonized	Central African Republic		Africa	4	7	5	3	7	5
Colonized	Côte d'Ivoire		Africa	5	4	4	6	5	6
Colonized	Djibouti		Africa	6	5	5	5	7	5
Colonized	Gabon		Africa	4	5	4	5	7	6
Colonized	Algeria		Africa	6	5	5	6	6	6
Colonized	Guinea		Africa	5	5	5	6	5	6
Colonized	Mauritania		Africa	6	5	5	6	5	6
Colonized	Tunisia		Africa	5	3	5	6	2	6
Colonized	Cambodia		Asia	6	5	5	6	7	6
Colonized	Democratic Republic of the Congo		Africa	6	6	6	7	7	6
Colonized	Viet Nam		Asia	7	6	5	7	7	7
Colonized	Chad		Africa	5	6	6	6	7	7
Colonized	Lao People's Democratic Republic		Asia	6	6	6	7	7	7
Germany and its victims
Colonizer	Germany		Europe	2	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Ghana		Africa	4	2	2	4	2	1
Colonized	Namibia		Africa	3	2	2	2	2	2
Colonized	Samoa		Oceania	2	2	2	2	2	2
Colonized	United Republic of Tanzania		Africa	5	5	3	5	5	4
Colonized	Togo		Africa	5	4	5	6	5	5
Colonized	Burundi		Africa	7	6	5	6	7	7
Colonized	Cameroon		Africa	5	6	6	7	6	6
Colonized	Rwanda		Africa	6	6	6	7	6	6
Italy and its victims
Colonizer	Italy		Europe	2	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Ethiopia		Africa	5	6	5	4	6	5
Colonized	Eritrea		Africa	4	7	7	6	7	7
Colonized	Libya		Africa	7	6	7	7	7	7
Colonized	Somalia		Africa	7	7	7	7	7	7
Netherlands and its victims
Colonizer	Netherlands		Europe	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	South Africa		Africa	2	2	2	1	2	2
Colonized	Suriname		Americas	3	2	2	3	2	2
Colonized	Indonesia		Asia	6	4	4	7	2	2
Portugal and its victims
Colonizer	Portugal		Europe	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Cabo Verde		Africa	2	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Ghana		Africa	4	2	2	4	2	1
Colonized	Sao Tome and Principe		Africa	2	2	2	1	2	2
Colonized	Brazil		Americas	4	3	2	2	2	2
Colonized	Timor-Leste		Asia	4	3	3	6	2	3
Colonized	Mozambique		Africa	4	4	4	3	5	3
Colonized	Guinea-Bissau		Africa	4	4	4	3	5	4
Colonized	Angola		Africa	6	5	5	6	6	6
Colonized	Oman		Asia	6	5	5	6	6	6
Turkey and its victims
Colonizer	Turkey		Asia	5	6	3	5	5	3
Colonized	Cyprus		Asia	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Greece		Europe	3	2	2	1	1	1
Colonized	Hungary		Europe	2	3	2	1	3	1
Colonized	Bulgaria		Europe	2	2	2	2	2	2
Colonized	Serbia		Europe	2	3	2	3	4	3
Colonized	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Europe	6	4	3	6	4	4
Colonized	Algeria		Africa	6	5	5	6	6	6
Colonized	Egypt		Africa	6	6	5	6	6	6
Colonized	Tunisia		Africa	5	3	5	6	2	6
Colonized	Iraq		Asia	7	6	6	7	5	5
Colonized	Libya		Africa	7	6	7	7	7	7
Colonized	Saudi Arabia		Asia	7	7	7	7	7	7
Colonized	Syrian Arab Republic		Asia	7	7	7	7	7	7
UK and its victims
Colonizer	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland		Europe	2	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Canada		Americas	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	United States of America		Americas	1	2	1	1	2	1
Colonized	Cyprus		Asia	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Ireland		Europe	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Malta		Europe	1	1	1	1	2	1
Colonized	Australia		Oceania	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	New Zealand		Oceania	1	1	1	1	1	1
Colonized	Ghana		Africa	4	2	2	4	2	1
Colonized	Belize		Americas	1	1	2	1	2	1
Colonized	Israel		Asia	3	3	2	1	2	1
Colonized	Botswana		Africa	2	2	2	2	3	2
Colonized	South Africa		Africa	2	2	2	1	2	2
Colonized	Vanuatu		Oceania	3	2	2	1	2	2
Colonized	Guyana		Americas	2	3	3	2	2	2
Colonized	Jamaica		Americas	3	2	3	2	2	2
Colonized	India		Asia	4	4	3	4	2	2
Colonized	Malawi		Africa	3	3	3	2	3	3
Colonized	Sierra Leone		Africa	6	3	3	7	3	3
Colonized	United Republic of Tanzania		Africa	5	5	3	5	5	4
Colonized	Zambia		Africa	4	4	4	3	4	3
Colonized	Nepal		Asia	4	4	4	3	3	3
Colonized	Gambia		Africa	6	4	4	7	4	4
Colonized	Kenya		Africa	6	4	4	7	4	4
Colonized	Nigeria		Africa	7	5	4	7	4	4
Colonized	Bangladesh		Asia	4	5	4	3	5	4
Colonized	Bhutan		Asia	7	4	5	7	2	3
Colonized	Malaysia		Asia	5	4	4	4	4	4
Colonized	Uganda		Africa	4	5	4	5	6	5
Colonized	Kuwait		Asia	5	5	5	5	5	4
Colonized	Pakistan		Asia	5	5	5	3	5	4
Colonized	Singapore		Asia	5	4	4	5	4	5
Colonized	Jordan		Asia	4	5	5	4	6	5
Colonized	Egypt		Africa	6	6	5	6	6	6
Colonized	Iraq		Asia	7	6	6	7	5	5
Colonized	Oman		Asia	6	5	5	6	6	6
Colonized	Qatar		Asia	6	5	5	7	6	6
Colonized	United Arab Emirates		Asia	5	6	5	6	7	6
Colonized	Yemen		Asia	6	6	6	5	7	5
Colonized	Zimbabwe		Africa	5	5	6	5	6	6
Colonized	Afghanistan		Asia	7	6	6	7	5	6
Colonized	Bahrain		Asia	6	6	6	6	7	7
Colonized	Somalia		Africa	7	7	7	7	7	7
Colonized	Sudan		Africa	7	6	7	7	7	7
Colonized	Myanmar		Asia	7	6	7	7	5	7